Royal Mail Reviews 123,184

TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Customers express widespread dissatisfaction with various facets of the service. People are particularly unhappy with the delivery service, citing issues such as delays and lost packages. Consumers also report problems with the location services, and difficulties in contacting customer service. Reviewers frequently mention poor customer service experiences, characterized by long waiting times and unhelpful responses. The service overall is described as abysmal, with consumers detailing instances of missed collections, parcels being marked as "refused" when recipients were home, and delivery instructions being ignored. The general consensus points to a significant decline in service quality.

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Don't be fooled by the highly misleading Track24 title used by Royal Mail, as in my experience the chances of a next day, or days delivery is minimal. I recently posted a parcel on the 1 October (021... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This was the lowest I could give but wanted to go lower 🤬🤬🤬 RM are responsible for decent sellers getting negative feedback because of their rubbish service... We will NOT buy off anyone who use... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Yet another totally woeful and inept display from this apology of an organisation. Ordered item which they apparently attempted to deliver but left no completed calling card. A new delivery was a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Delivery date now two days past. On their tracking service my parcel appears to stuck in Heathrow center. The online chat is useless it only refers to a small number of conditions that may af... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Friday 19th September - item despatched by seller Monday 29th September - item at Heathrow INT LC Tuesday 30th September - received at Greenford MC and stays there for a day Wednesday 1st Octobe... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Royal Mail claimed they “attempted delivery” because my property was supposedly inaccessible — complete nonsense. I provided the door code and clear instructions to leave the parcel safely under the s... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Always use RM Special Delivery.Usually no problems.Posted one 4 Oct at local PO.Collected 6 Oct by RM Collection.Should be delivered 7 Oct.Still showing on Tracking at PO.Cannot email RM as no email a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Appalling Pick up packages get cancel but they write " wouldn't accept package " , the packages always come late even 48 tracked , packages dropped to the wrong address, pick up packages a mess wit... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My parcel, posted 24H, has been accidentally sent to Pontefract, then was redirected correctly to Leeds, but then it was sent to Medway (where I posted from) "accidentally", this is 2 weeks after po... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Truly awful service. Important document sent from US tracking says 'refused delivery' two days running even though people were in house. No human being answers the phone on a number it took me 40 m... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Should have had a parcel delivered from Amazon who for some reason used Royal Mail. HAving waited in all morning The tracking showed I had refused delivery! This within 2 weeks of pretending to delive... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Paid for a signed for FIRST CLASS delivery item at £3.60 handed over at Post Office counter. No notification as promised of it being delivered or received to this day, no further notifications on th... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Special delivery 1pm - codswallop Parcel sent on its way to Medway….tracking stops for 3 days….its in northern Ireland MC. Finally gets to delivery office but can’t take anymore days off so failed... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Return package was scheduled for pickup 11:20. To 14:20 , did not show up, we have cameras covering the entire house, on every part , they sent me an Email saying they attempted to collect but nobody... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

IT969746423GB I have been at home for two consecutive days, and during those two days, your courier was unable to deliver my order. I believe that employees should wear glasses! On the first day, I h... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Returned to sender because it was "refused" by recipient, when no one was into refuse it??? Useless postie didnt want to leave it in a safe place despite instruction to do so. Only ever had bad experi... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wish I had read all these terrible reviews before paying them £40 to lose my package !! Shame you cannot give no stars ! Mistakenly thought "Royal Mail" would see my "signed for" delivery safely to my... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sold a £230 folding bike through Ebay and it somehow got "lost" at Romford MC. Please explain how you lose a parcel that is roughly the same size as large suitcase? Going by previous reviews, seems li... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely disgraceful, as our national postal service, they couldn't organise diddly!!!! Constantly items going walkabouts, late delivery, and the latest, an Item I've ordered that was 24hr delivery... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor service They allow letters that fit in letter boxes to go through Mine fitted in a normal size letterbox but they state it was couple of cm too big and wouldn't deliver my card until the recpi... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Royal Mail have new staff and haven’t trained them. A bunch of professional thieves stealing data and impersonating and fraudulently signing signature what saved me was gps I’ve never been happy fo... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The worst service ever! For a while now ive been noticing Royal Mail always delay parcels or dont send out letters for ages. This time ive got an important parcel that I ordered and should have been h... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I Have a problem and i want to solve it However That is Almost impossible to solve as the waiting time on the Royal Mail helpline today is over 40 minutes, I Have dispatched a parcel on a t... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waited in for Parcelforce Royal Mail to recieve a package. Had a text to say they were unable to deliver as no one in to recieve. Not according to my doorbell, no one came, no ring or recorded... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pay for Tracked 48 hour, No more like 96 hours tracked are these actually trying on purpose to destroy their own business I really do think so. Reckon the bosses have probably got shares in other cour... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Six working days to deliver a first class letter with England. I complained. Asked them to explain how this was possible. How do they manage this dreadful service for such an expensive stamp price. Ju... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I made an order and was advised it will be delivered on the 7th but royal mail decide they will deliver on the 8th. This happens everytime I place an order and the ordered being delivered by royal m... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Omg beware worst customer service in my life so far I have had woth them. 2 months and still me calling and waiting time is 45+ minutes please try it yourself. And not even helping if call disconnect... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Every single time royal mail doesnt deliver my parcel. I was in when attempted delivery was apparently done, no one came to my door. I need my parcel for a wedding and royal mail need to get it sorted... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible service. I can't understand how and why Royal Mail are still functioning, given their continued overall losses. I've arranged a re-redirection for one year. There's a tracked 48 hour par... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It's no surprise that Royal mail are rated 1-star. There's nothing royal about them. This is the 7th time this year that small businesses have sent packages that have claimed to be delivered to... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I booked a collection with Royal Mail but they never attempted to collect. I booked it again and they did not collect so I tried for a third time. Each time they did not collect my parcel and sent an... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I was literally by my front door when the door bell rang … took a second to answer … only to find that my delivery was being passed to my neighbour who just happened to be on the other side of the fe... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We tried to deliver your parcel from Autosave Components today, Thursday, 9 October 2025. Sorry, there didn’t seem to be anyone in. lying about deliveries, I was in all day shocking service

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Tracked 48. Arrived 9 days later. 55 minute wait to speak to anyone at customer services. Absolute shambles, but when they do lose your mail you should be grateful for compensation in stamps.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Gave delivery instructions for the parcel to be left in a shed. Got email saying parcel delivered. Not in the shed, and photo provided showed some kind of plastic container (e.g. not a shed!). Online... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I would give no stars if possible Sent a birthday card by 2nd class post in June Card returned to me with a bill for extra £1,50 postage in September !! It was a small card less than A5 siz... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Using Royal Mails "48" service daily, I am finding that the "48 hour" service is particularly awful. typically arrives in 5 days. They need to vastly improve this service, I have no faith that my orde... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Why do businesses use these charlatans? They simply don’t do their job. If you make a complaint, you get a generic email that solves nothing and they wash their hands of any responsibility. Th... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The Royal mail app is shockingly bad , it's never up to date , doesn't actually give any relevant information for the date and time, I've deleted parcels that have been delivered over 12 months ago an... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

In early summer I paid for a package to be collected from the house for return to a supplier. On the day of collection I received an email from so called Royal Mail to say that the package had not be... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

How are they still in business? Posties not scanning items prior to delivery properly, the mobile app is barely functional, one day you can login, the next you can't due to an error. When you can lo... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely terrible, waited for our parcels all day, Thursday 9th October. At 4.41 received a message saying they had tried to deliver. No way, why do they tell Lies, be honest and just say you can't... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Paid £38 for a blood test kit. The blood sample was returned to the Laboratory via a prepaid Royal Mail 24 Tracked Return envelope. It was collected at my home address on 22 Sept, 2025. 3 weeks late... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Human Verification. I have put in a complaint to Royal Mail. I could not complete it because I kept failing there new human verification test. Several circles were turning in different directions... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Royal Mail is no longer delivering letters to the street where I live. We have to go to the sorting office to collect them. They still manage to deliver parcels but not letters? There are housebound p... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Courier companies give tracking details that allow you to check on it's progress. As does Royal Mail. But only after they've already tried to deliver it once. What's the bleeding point in that? You... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They direct you to their website or app to change the date of delivery, or to call. I went to the website, however it tries to force you to download the app. So I called them as im not going to do... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They lie about trying to deliver parcels. No attempted delivery was caught on any of my cameras, or door bell, but according to RM there was no answer. Why not reschedule a delivery rather than lie ab... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hopeless. Paid to track an envelope which one month later still says in Transit. Made it though all the automated messages to be told it's 'still tavelling though our nextwork' - really? - it's not mo... See more

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Royal Mail is the UK’s designated Universal Postal Service Provider, supporting customers, businesses and communities across the country. We are the only company that has the capability to deliver a ‘one-price-goes-anywhere’, six-days-a-week service on a range of letters and parcels to more than 29 million addresses across the UK. General Logistics Systems (GLS), our European parcels business, operates one of the largest ground-based, deferred parcel delivery networks in Europe.


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

On a few occasions now ive had mail…

On a few occasions now ive had mail delivered to my address and it clearly states a neighbours address, as ive had my parcels delivered to a different neighbours address when clearly it has my address on, i really dont get it, this is Royal mail , maybe the postman cant read!!!!!!!

13 October 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disgusted

Yet again I am told to wait in for a delivery that never turns up and then I get a msg to say delivery was attempted and nobody home when I have wasted yet another day waiting all day even making sure I was watching for the delivery but I am made to feel it is my fault 🤬 this has happened multiple times and nobody does anything about it 🤬 and the only place to complain is here! No matter where I go on the website it simply sends you round in circles but never the opportunity to actually complain about what is goin on, Royal Mail is nothing like what I grew up with am disgusted with the way they treat there customers

13 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

So very disappointing Royal Mail.

As with many, I really don’t wish to give Royal Mail even the 1 star!
What happened, where has the reliable service gone?
Deliveries not making it to the door, suggesting unable to find the address, oddly Royal Mail find the address just days before. Week after week, suggesting unable to deliver as no one at home. The regular untruths are disheartening. A family member has been at home on all occasions, cameras clearly show, no attempts by Royal Mail. I do hope retailers stop using you altogether.
So very disappointing Royal Mail.

13 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

STOP LYING

STOP LYING.

I don't want to go into it, but people probably know what I'm saying.

STOP EFFIN LYING IM GETTING REALLY SICK OF IT.

13 October 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Got notification that my order was…

Got notification that my order was delivered to my nominated pickup location - WRONG! Delivered to another location, turns out, which is out of my way. Won't be choosing this service if I can help it!

10 October 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just unreliable and poor

I ask to collect parcels from post office as I'm not at home during working hours, and while they accept my request (they send me confirmation emails), then they attempt delivery at my address and won't deliver. This has happened multiple times. Trying to speak to customer services is a nightmare, more than 1h waiting time.

13 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dreadful, poor and useless service.

I've sent five 'signed for' letters in the last few months. Four of those have never arrived and I made a claim, only to get a refund of the postage in stamps, rather than a refund to my bank!! This is even though I printed labels at home because i can't get to the post office. What use are stamps to me?
Now, i have sent a tracked24 letter and a week later it's still sitting in Backofbeyond, a place in the sticks somewhere in Scotland.
Appalling service. it never used to be like this.
If only there would be a sensible alternative for sending letters.

11 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Outraged

Outraged. Had a bank card delivered to my house, so I thought as I was emailed of the arrival of my parcel and it says it was put in the safe place provided. In fact nothing was delivered and no parcel was left anywhere but the slip to say it was delivered had been recieved, this is a bank card to reiterate and they gave failed to deliver it, not only that lied and said it was placed in the safe place. Never using this awful courier service again.

13 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not collecting

3 times I've arranged collection from my address & everytime they've not collected, made sure i was home when they should have collected yet still not collected, they've really gone downhill

6 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute disgrace

Absolute disgrace, ordered a pair of trainers from vinted, royal mail received it, the delivery address was for a morrisons daily pick up point, had an email saying there was no one at the address, its a morrisons daily they were open, no attempt to redeliver, tried to arrange a redelivery through the app and no option to do so, 3 hours on hold and got transferred to the same thing that i had been on hold to for 3 hours!!!!!!!

13 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

ABSOLUTELY CRAP

My parcel should have been delivered to local BP garage and once again it hasn't, has been delivered to local post office delivery office. What's the point, when it's open from 8am to 10am. Which is not suitable for some of us to collect. The same thing happened to my husband a couple of weeks ago. Absolutely unbelievable! Their app has also been down all day

13 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unbelievable - 3 times in just over a month!!!

What the hell has happened to Royal Mail? 3 parcels all signed for have been late, not arrived when re-booked and finally - I wasted a day waiting in for Royal Mail to deliver a parcel on the day they said they would.

I can't wrap my head around how such a huge company that used to behead and shoulders above all other delivery companies has fallen so dramatically, they for me are now on par with Evri/Hermes.

There has been a note on my front door for years stating that any parcels can be left in a safe place next to the front door, there is CCTV monitoring my front door and the amount of times I've seen posties read the note and not bother posting or leaving the parcel in the safe place is baffling!

The reality is that this isn't going to get better any time soon, I am a member on various forums and the amount of folk complaining about Royal Mail in recent months has grown weekly, something is seriously amiss.

13 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Issuing books of stamps as a refund

Royal Mail have failed to deliver a number of my parcels so I lodged numerous claims for a refund. Unfortunately, Royal Mail are now issuing books of first-class stamps as a refund and not a cheque for money lost.

12 September 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A Shambles

Something radical need to be done about the terrible state of this organisation. They have competitors now but essentially still run a monopoly on franked mail.
So my compliant concerns the return of an Ebay item. The parcel was duly left in the right place, the driver picked it up, I, in fact, saw him as he took it away: all done I thought. Of course not, later in the day I received an email telling me that the item could not be posted as it was not in the place arranged. A glitch in the system I mused. Again no, the item is lost and apparently I am noy only to blame but must bear the rather large cost of keeping an item I did not want. Add this to the Royal Mail doing everything it can to deter you from legitimately finding out what happened via a useless customer service provision (wait time 40 mins!) and no joy at the end. This organisation is a shambles and illustrates the foolhardiness of privatising things you shouldn't.

2 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They give you delivery times then don’t…

They give you delivery times then don’t show. This has happened enough times that when I am expecting a delivery that is using Royal Mail, I know it’s going to be an hassle.

The tracking service often doesn’t update to tell you that packages have been delivered. This isn’t good news if you are sending items out, not knowing if they have arrived unless you contact the recipient.

11 October 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disgraceful fabrication tactic

They give you a delivery time for tracked 48 or tracked 24 item - 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm. You are at home all day. At 12:54 you get a notification that the delivery was attempted. No door bell. No knock. No red slip. Nothing. Not only was no attempt made, the 'attempted delivery' was out of the time frame given.

Now, RM has attempted delivery inside of their 48 hour target and won't get bad stats. But it was a blatant lie. This is the norm now for tracked 24 and tracked 48 for me. I rarely have these type of items delivered in the respective time frame. Its disgraceful. Don't offer the service if you can't fulfil without lies and deceipt. Disgusting and disgraceful.

13 October 2025
Unprompted review

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